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Who lost this disaster of an election?
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:49 pm
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:49 pm
Been on a cruise in the Mediterranean for the last 10 days.
Mostly, I blame the terrible, mostly missing ad campaign. Watching football, I saw maybe 20 to 1 dem ads and only a few mushy GOP ads. Football is about the only live on-air TV I watch. Anything else with commercials in it is a kill switch. Trump has many accomplishments, but the MSM does its best to hide them and paint a negative picture over trivial things. A good ad campaign could have hit hard, but it didn't exist.
Trump's personality played a role.
The GOP not passing the Save Act was spineless impotency.
The GOP not deep sixing Obamacare is pathetic.
The war in Iran is was necessary, but it created divides in the GOP ranks.
Waffling on Russia's invasion of Ukraine with Trump being weakly soft on Putin is another divide.
Mostly, I blame the terrible, mostly missing ad campaign. Watching football, I saw maybe 20 to 1 dem ads and only a few mushy GOP ads. Football is about the only live on-air TV I watch. Anything else with commercials in it is a kill switch. Trump has many accomplishments, but the MSM does its best to hide them and paint a negative picture over trivial things. A good ad campaign could have hit hard, but it didn't exist.
Trump's personality played a role.
The GOP not passing the Save Act was spineless impotency.
The GOP not deep sixing Obamacare is pathetic.
The war in Iran is was necessary, but it created divides in the GOP ranks.
Waffling on Russia's invasion of Ukraine with Trump being weakly soft on Putin is another divide.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:51 pm to Auburn1968
The leader takes the responsibility. It starts at the top and anything else is cowardly. It is all on Trump.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:51 pm to aubie101
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It is all on Trump.
Is that you John Thune's mom?
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:52 pm to Auburn1968
The GOPe definitely sat on their hands.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:55 pm to Auburn1968
quote:You think that's what made the difference in Texas ?
The GOP not passing the Save Act was spineless impotency.
quote:You think thats what cost the GOP South Carolina?
The GOP not deep sixing Obamacare is pathetic.
quote:And how do you think those percentages broke down in Georgia?
The war in Iran is was necessary, but it created divides in the GOP ranks.
quote:yes exactly what went wrong in Nebraska
Waffling on Russia's invasion of Ukraine with Trump being weakly soft on Putin is another divide.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:56 pm to Auburn1968
Little bit of a perfect storm.
Races are still local.
If Cornyn wasn’t a total failure, there wouldn’t have been a Paxton. Paxton is a miserably bad candidate.
In a local house race in Missouri, we had 8-term Ann Wagner get easily beaten by a Democrat veteran in an R+12 district. Ann hasn’t really been in Missouri for 6-8 years now and her net worth has tripled from like $9M when she entered Congress to $27M now. It’s easy to paint her as out of touch and only interested in her personal success when it appears that’s exactly what she was.
I think those types of races happened again and again across the country.
Everyone is tired of Trump’s complete absence of a communications plan. He thinks he can govern on renaming bodies of water and threatening Greenland. He hasn’t really been able to get anything of substance done past shutting down the border.
Races are still local.
If Cornyn wasn’t a total failure, there wouldn’t have been a Paxton. Paxton is a miserably bad candidate.
In a local house race in Missouri, we had 8-term Ann Wagner get easily beaten by a Democrat veteran in an R+12 district. Ann hasn’t really been in Missouri for 6-8 years now and her net worth has tripled from like $9M when she entered Congress to $27M now. It’s easy to paint her as out of touch and only interested in her personal success when it appears that’s exactly what she was.
I think those types of races happened again and again across the country.
Everyone is tired of Trump’s complete absence of a communications plan. He thinks he can govern on renaming bodies of water and threatening Greenland. He hasn’t really been able to get anything of substance done past shutting down the border.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 1:59 pm to OWLFAN86
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OWLFAN86
Other weak-kneed wafflers listed exactly some of those things.
That is what you dullards don't get, you have nothing to build a coalition with and you agree about nothing among yourselves.
Flail away! I guess maybe you can brag about "not giving up" like Massie and MTG.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:00 pm to RohanGonzales
It’s always easier to nail a thesis onto an internet bulletin board than it is to execute policy.
Most people here have difficulty distinguishing between the two.
Most people here have difficulty distinguishing between the two.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:01 pm to RohanGonzales
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RohanGonzales
quote:
Other weak-kneed wafflers listed exactly some of those things.
That is what you dullards don't get, you have nothing to build a coalition with and you agree about nothing among yourselves
Yeah yeah we've heard your shtick already. You've got Stockholm syndrome and would vote red even if they fricked your ole lady and spit in your face because it's better than the alternative. That's not how the rest of the country felt, obviously.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:02 pm to loogaroo
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The GOPe definitely sat on their hands.
Yep, they had their thumbs up their arse too.
Here in NY, Hochul was running dozens of BS ads in every football game and the Blakeman had none. Hochul's policies are stupid beyond belief, but nobody nailed her on them.
She wants all new NY buildings to be all electric for heat, hot water and cooking and says that will save money and the planet from global warming. All electric in NY costs 4 to 6 times as much as gas, but nobody called her out on it.
The GOP campaign was negligent.
This post was edited on 11/9/26 at 2:05 pm
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:02 pm to RohanGonzales
He tries to come up with a new excuse daily to justify voting for the Left by deflecting blame to virtually everything else. “Trump was so bad I had to drive myself to the voting precinct and vote for a leftist”
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:02 pm to the808bass
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Cornyn wasn’t a total failure, there wouldn’t have been a Paxton.
True, but even Cornyn wouldn’t have won.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:02 pm to aubie101
quote:
The leader takes the responsibility
Lol
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:04 pm to Auburn1968
Country is divided. Despite claims of a "blowout" election in 2024, just a 250,000 vote swing total across a few states was the difference.
That leaves little room for error.
Lack of real voting reform
Epstein debacle
Little-to-no seious prosecution of deep-state actors
Little-to-no prosecution on "the Steal"
Iran war
Going harder after Massie
Etc
Plus, you had some bad candiates, yet again, in several races.
These all tore a little bit of the coalition and dis-incentivized voting by former Trump voters.
That leaves little room for error.
Lack of real voting reform
Epstein debacle
Little-to-no seious prosecution of deep-state actors
Little-to-no prosecution on "the Steal"
Iran war
Going harder after Massie
Etc
Plus, you had some bad candiates, yet again, in several races.
These all tore a little bit of the coalition and dis-incentivized voting by former Trump voters.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:06 pm to the808bass
quote:
It’s always easier to nail a thesis onto an internet bulletin board than it is to execute policy.
Most people here have difficulty distinguishing between the two.
I am not specific very often either.
Knock down the deficit, eliminate the incentive for illegals to be here, fairly applied law and order for 3.
Nobody ever explains how throwing the country to the dems is going to advance any of those, so I snark. I'm certainly not going to start carrying water for any of these assholes.
My broad goals are not detailed. That is how you fix things - broadly nail down what it is you want to do, then create the processes to get there.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:07 pm to TrueTiger
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True, but even Cornyn wouldn’t have won.
Right. But you’re missing the point. The complete inaction of the GOP party to try to legislate for sanity since maybe 1996 got us to where we are today.
Saying “Trump is the problem,” when we haven’t had Republicans trying to articulate or legislate for anything approaching sanity for 30 years isn’t the fault of Trump.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:07 pm to Auburn1968
quote:John Thune.
Who lost this disaster of an election?
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:08 pm to RohanGonzales
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Nobody ever explains how throwing the country to the dems is going to advance any of those, so I snark. I'm certainly not going to start carrying water for any of these assholes.
Yeah. I’m agreeing with you. The mad little wet millennial hens are pissing up ropes and declaring it a revolution.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:08 pm to RohanGonzales
Rohan you stupid mother fricker do not understand the independent voters. The voters in the middle do not vote on policy; they vote on personality
Less motivated D's were motivated this time
Independent voters hated Republicans this time
28 can be different, but only if people like you shut up
Less motivated D's were motivated this time
Independent voters hated Republicans this time
28 can be different, but only if people like you shut up
Posted on 11/9/26 at 2:10 pm to OWLFAN86
You’re addicted to reading your own nonsensical posts.
You probably smell your own farts.
You probably smell your own farts.
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